London to Paris

took the 7:20 eurostar from Pancreas - bit early in the morn for champers, but still a great place to start a journey

ended up issing the connection in paris, but managed to change my train - and pick up a nice cold beer for the journey! (just the one - got a nice bottle of red to drink)

train was quite busy, overheard an interesting conv between an indian guy and his dad - talkng about their upbringing in kenya and then moving to france.

Had a little doze and then woke up in lovely hills with the start of the alps in view - then once we hit marseille it slowed down a little and hugged the gorgeous coast line through antibes and onwads.

Time for picnic and wine now, grabbed a coast side seat - popped the wine and kicked back with some nice snacks!!

went through cannes and landed in Nice about 8pm. Went to chez patricks guest house (very nice guy) and checked in for 17 euro's a night.

cos i wasn't getting paid till midnight i only had 3 euros left and had to watch everton get beaten by standerd leige from outside the bar.

So, sedate start to the trip, but Nice looks good!!